Nieuwenhuysen, Henri Joseph Lot n° 522

NIEUWENHUYSEN, Henri Joseph "L'Eté vûe en Italie". [Mechelen] 1770 Drawing, pen and brown ink, 29 x 37 cm, laid paper, titled, signed and dated in ink at lower margin "designé à la plume par Hij Nieuwenhuysen l'an 1770" (paper toned, some brown spots mostly in the margin). Under wooden frame. Interesting drawing, made to look like a mezzotint engraving. Henri Nieuwenhuysen (1756-1817) was an artist living and working in Mechelen. Ref. Thieme-Becker XXV:471.